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Several amino acids have been suggested to function as excitatory transmitters in the brain. The strongest candidates are glutamate, aspartate and homocysteate. All 3 candidates are released from brain slices in a Ca++ dependent manner. Surprisingly enough there is a good positive correlation between the release of glutamate, aspartate and homocysteate from different regions of the brain (Do et al, 1986), as if they were all released from almost the same structures in the different regions.
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Fonnum, F., Fykse, E.M., Paulsen, R. (1988). Excitatory Amino Acids; Physiology, Anatomy and Biochemistry. In: Zimmermann, H. (eds) Cellular and Molecular Basis of Synaptic Transmission. NATO ASI Series, vol 21. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-73172-3_10
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